The England Cricket Thread

manic111 · 11 Sep 2018 at 15:13

Cob said:
I've given up and have started watching last night's NFL.

Picking Rashid has been a complete waste of time.

Can't stand Root's captaincy. Great batsman, good guy to have around the dressing room as a cheeky chappy, but let him focus on his batting and give the captaincy to someone who can think.

Cob · 11 Sep 2018 at 16:20

Why aren't they taking the new ball?

Wft is Bairstow standing up to Jimmy?

Why have I just put a fiver on an Indian win?

Cob · 11 Sep 2018 at 16:24

Why am I always wrong

manic111 · 11 Sep 2018 at 16:25

Cob said:
Why am I always wrong

Great ball Adil!

As a former leggie, I always loved it when batsmen tried to hammer me. If you've got the runs to play with, they're pretty much guaranteed to get themselves out sooner rather than later.

manic111 · 11 Sep 2018 at 16:28

I swear he hit that

Edit: Nope, fair enough

Cob · 11 Sep 2018 at 16:39

That should be it now.

Give Jimmy the new ball and let him get that record.

manic111 · 11 Sep 2018 at 17:28

JIMMMMMYYYYYYYY

Cob · 11 Sep 2018 at 17:30

Middle stump sent packing. That's how it's done.

Participant · 13 Oct 2018 at 08:21

Any interest in the Sri Lanka series? England are batting first in Dambulla and are 226-6. Morgan falls just short of a century and Moeen gets a golden duck.

Looking forward to seeing Olly Stone bowl. What a prospect.

Cob · 13 Oct 2018 at 12:27

My Sky box hasn't recorded it :mad:

I hope this rain isn't going to spoil the whole series.

Sankari · 16 Oct 2018 at 11:27

Nathan Lyon just took 4 wickets with 6 balls for a stunning 4-12 against Pakistan.

Oh, and this also happened:

robfosters · 17 Oct 2018 at 11:03

Raining again ffs. Series is ruined already.

Cob · 17 Oct 2018 at 12:05

Which moron schedules cricket during the monsoon season?

Participant · 17 Oct 2018 at 15:47

"Dickwella" lol

Participant · 18 Oct 2018 at 18:46

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/av/cricket/45900511

LMAO

rickjames · 7 Nov 2018 at 13:46

I am biased, but I think these first two days have concluded that Foakes should have probably been playing for England some time ago

Cob · 7 Nov 2018 at 20:05

rickjames said:
I am biased, but I think these first two days have concluded that Foakes should have probably been playing for England some time ago

Possibly. But he has been on the watch list for a while, and the middle-order has hardly been a problem for quite some time.

Can't see how Bairstow walks back into that team. He's been out of form all year. Foakes showed the patience needed for test cricket, especially against spin.

SoliD · 14 Nov 2018 at 10:22

Well this is going much better than expected. Curran is flying along now and Sri Lanka don't seem to be causing too much of a problem in the last 25 minutes.

rickjames · 26 Nov 2018 at 11:22

w h i t e w a s h

Participant · 27 Nov 2018 at 09:01

Cob said:
Can't see how Bairstow walks back into that team.

LOL great punditry

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